Audio Reviews - The Whistleblower - Audio Review

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  September 07, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Nedan said ...

  I want to see this but I'm also nervous because movie wise, I can take all the blood and gore in the world but sexual violence really disturbs me.

• September 01, 2011 at 5:41 AM, The Dragon said ...

  CO-HOST, YOU TELL'EM MAN!! I approve of your rating and your conclusions on sensitive people

  
  
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  September 01, 2011 at 5:12 AM, Haron Dick said ...

  Will check this out when ever I get a chance.

• August 31, 2011 at 10:38 PM, said ...

  Holy balls! Benedict Cumberbatch is in this?!? Then that's settled: I WILL be watching this movie.

  
  
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  August 31, 2011 at 9:30 PM, said ...

  I actually found the sex slave part in Brooklyn's Finest pretty disturbing,  not sure if I want to watch a whole movie about that kind of stuff.

• August 31, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Keith Garcia said ...

  I heard about the book a few months ago, I had no idea there was a movie about it. Just from your review my jaw is clenched. I have no stomach for these things. I'm with you all. Just hearing about the things that go on and how there is no justice for those who perpetrate these crimes.

  
  
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  August 31, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Cassie Nicole said ...

   

  I want see this .  . I want to have some new nightmare already done having nightamares from other movie that was true .This world is Shit

• August 31, 2011 at 6:19 PM, said ...

  Sherlock Holmes is in this movie. NICE!!

  
  
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  August 31, 2011 at 5:18 PM, BlackMagic said ...

  I think the problem with movies like these, not necessarily the film itself, is the sense of uselessness that one feels with a topic like this.  There was a human trafficking documentary that I saw in the spring called "Not My Life" that touched on this and how it's a business not just in the United States, but worldwide.  And I agree that something like this won't get the attention that it deserves for the reason you all mentioned: none of the higher-ups want to look bad and, sad to say, it's a profitable business.  Inhuman and corrupt as it is, people profit off of this and films like this really highlight how helpless a viewer is and how you just want to take a Magnum to the lowlifes doing this.  I personally didn't know much about human trafficking until I had to do a project for it in high school about 4.5 million years ago, but the more I learn about it, the more I wish I hadn't.  At the same time, people should see it.  Personally, thanks for even talking about this movie.  I don't know where it's playing because it feels like it will be in limited release, but damn it, I want to find it.

   

  I always think back to this YouTube ad that got my attention:

   

• August 31, 2011 at 5:16 PM, said ...

  I hope this gets a screening over here, this is something that needs to be seen by as much of the public as possible.

  
  
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  August 31, 2011 at 1:05 PM, said ...

  CoHost's impression of Liam Neeson is always dead on. so freaking funny,

• August 31, 2011 at 12:58 PM, ghostwriter said ...

  I'm one of those sensitive people, and thank you Leon!  I can't watch things like this.  Films like this stress me out.  I got to the movies to have a good time...period.

  
  
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  August 31, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Elijah said ...

  Saw this at a film festival earlier this year (in April, I think).

   

  I agree that this is a well-made film and Rachel Weisz does an amazing job, but my biggest problem was that by the half-way point in the film I had already figured out no matter what the main character did, none of it was going to change anything (until she blew the whistle at the end). While that does make the movie feel more true-to-life, it makes the movie lose a lot of tension for me. I felt bad for what was happening in the film, but once you realize nothing can be done about it and you still have half the movie to see, it becomes less about "what can she do about this" and more about "what more are they going to put her through where she tries to help but can't".

   

  Still recommended for people to see though.

• August 31, 2011 at 8:38 AM, said ...

  Rachel Weisz was recently in british drama called 'Page Eight', well worth checking out to those who are able. Cast included Michael Gambon and Bill Nighy (lead) if anyone is on the bench.

  
  
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  August 31, 2011 at 7:45 AM, David James Lister said ...

  I hate to tell you this Leon but in war torn countries even dudes aren't safe from stuff not exactly like this but could be arguably as bad:

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jul/17/the-rape-of-men

  Title of the article says it all really.

• August 31, 2011 at 6:37 AM, C.H. Gorog said ...

  A movie needs to be judged on the quality of the film itself, not the 'message' behind it.

  
  
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  August 31, 2011 at 6:05 AM, Level1Alt said ...

  UN has nothing to do with peacekeeping. They're more like a clean up crew and responsible for infecting people of Haiti with cholera.

• August 31, 2011 at 5:48 AM, said ...

  If you want one thing the US should have tried to aggressively shut down, look at the Northern Mariana Islands.  They are actually under US jurisdiction, but had a lot of cover protecting its "free market principles" when Tom Delay ran the House in the 90s and 00s.  People would be told they could come and work in America (legally stuff there is made in the USA,) and then held as they work off their wage.  Sweatshops, forced prostitution, forced abortions, the works.  The garment industry was big back then, but has mostly folded, today it's new market is tourism.
  

  
  
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  August 31, 2011 at 5:32 AM, said ...

  Everybody should check out The Punisher MAX: The Slavers. It's pretty epic.

• August 31, 2011 at 5:27 AM, said ...

  @Adam Smith! Fuck yes!

  
  
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  August 31, 2011 at 5:26 AM, Orlando Howard said ...

  Sorry for the history lesson folks but I couldn't help myself and I am not responding to it. i don't wanna ruin a good community as this one with useless arguments.

• August 31, 2011 at 5:25 AM, Orlando Howard said ...

  @Chris You are right or shall i say I agree with you.

  @Kevin M. You are right and the first slave owner in America was black. Also, don't forget about the Irish. They were treated shitty just like blacks. 100's of 1000's enslaved to Australia. 

  
  
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  August 31, 2011 at 5:17 AM, Claudia Lomelí said ...

  @SpikeGhost:

  "You know, there are often women that do this too, and i mean not being prostitutes but participating in the sex slave trades."

   

  And your point is?

• August 31, 2011 at 4:19 AM, said ...

  When I first heard Korey pronounce Weisz as Vice I thought "Here we go again, Korey getting names wrong." But apparently he did his research and I'll be damned, that's how she says it's pronounced. Who knew?

   

  ...I still say Rachel "Why-sz" sounds better.

  
  
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  August 31, 2011 at 4:09 AM, said ...

  Damn man, I'm going to have to pump myself up to see this one, even this review was making me feel guilty.

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